A name of a person that will activate strong emotions in a person or group of
people. The person using the name may or may not know the triggering effects of the name. However, some use the name to manipulate
people or large groups of
people by activating patterns of emotions in specific ways.
The politician used name trigger frequently to get the audience riled up. In the process, his name triggered the opposition in
the worst possible way.
Her
friends quickly realize that her boyfriend's name was a name trigger that would activate a range of
emotions that was not easy to deactivate.